Monday, February 23, 2015

Sorry for the lag time in-between blog posts, I don't often cook one up until I have good stuff to show, having covered most of building's minutiae in the nine years (!) since I started this blog.
Crazy.
So, working through this cruiser, it won't get completed until I return from Baja, we will be back on March 6th.

This fit used to give me fits………I may have to count how many Mountain Cruisers I have made, it must be dozens?

Hot metal-on-metal action!
The key for that double seat stay braze is "lots."

Here is a completely different project that will be super cool - a Dirt Roadster with Richard Sachs crown, legs & steerer tube, and all stainless steel Paragon dropouts, and a whole bunch of other Awesome.

Straight is great!
It's a good feeling to not have to bang your head against the wall over this stuff.

Funstays!

And, now on to the bikes ……

650B/27.5", I have a picture in the sun below, I just wanted to show what a versatile color this is.
Built up with King, Fox, Easton, Thomson, XTR, WTB, ODI, XT……….
Very light, very fast, nimble yet stable = what you want in a MTB.

Then there is this satin grey 29er, the logos are painted on, frame only, maybe my 1st frame to Indiana.

SO, WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT, THEN?

Hi! my name is Steve Garro, and this blog is an ongoing chronical of the process of building the finest handmade bicycles I can here at Coconino Cycles, located in beautiful Flagstaff, Arizona.

I'm a one man operation, doing all the design and fabrication in house with my own hands. we have been operating full time since feburary 2003, producing about 20-25 frames a year, as well as handbuilt wheelsets and complete bike builds. every bike is totally custom fit to the needs and measurements of each rider and built from scratch with hand selected tubesets from several premium manufactuers including True Temper, Dedacciai and Kaisei. I pride myself on perfect fit, ride quality, and durability to provide you with the best cycling experence I can. to know more details, check out my web page, http://www.coconinocycles.com/

Please note that as of 1/14 I had a roughly one amd a half year backlog on orders. I have since stopped taking deposits to catch up on work until January 2015

When looking through my blog, you will also see alot of details of my life and pictures of things I like to do and stuff that I think is cool, like handcycling, fishing, boating, friends and family, critters, landscape, and flowers, with some wierd stuff thrown in for good measure. enjoy, and thanks for stopping by - Steve